On April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake along the San Andreas Fault would reshape the entire city.

Faults are fractures in Earth’s crust where movement has occurred.

Tips for where and how to store your earthquake kit.

Here’s a list of 10 items to start your earthquake kit.

Learn what to do before, during, and after an earthquake.

Do you and your loved ones have a plan for the next earthquake?

How can structures survive earthquakes?

Natural hazards abound in Arizona. At the top of list: flash floods, severe weather, landslides and debris flows, earthquakes, and earth fissures.

Earth fissures and subsidence threatens people and livestock, damages homes, roads, dams, and canals, and reduces property values.

arth fissures are open surface fractures that may be up to a mile in length, up to 15 ft wide, and 10s of feet deep.

Arizona has earthquakes; seismologists like to say, “Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings kill people”